July 4th tradition

The 4th of July continues to be a special day on the lake for our family. The weather was gorgeous and we soaked in the morning sunshine and then headed out at night to watch fireworks from our boat...
Heading out at sunset 🇺🇸

Enjoying the water in the evening! Extra fun!!
All our sweet floaters plus one!!😊Drew’s buddy Kahne joined us this year. 
I love seeing all of them loving the joy of summertime and anticipating the fireworks!

So special to us! 🎇 
It was a great day together as a family, I wouldn’t trade this special tradition for anything. Another excellent 4th of July for Us!! 🇺🇸 

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